Earlier today we (McAfee AVERT Labs)posted a blog entry: RealPlayer Zero Day Exploit Hits the Web. Well RealPlayer responded RealQuick. In less than 24 hours they managed to ship a patch. That’s what I call rapid response. Real also states that more information will be posted on their Security Updates & Incident Reports page.

Earlier today McAfee’s Regional Virus Info identified over 250 unique machines reporting Exploit-RealPlay.a detections, 99% of which reside in the US.  This does not mean that each of these systems were vulnerable, but it does mean that in all likelihood thousands of systems worldwide were exposed to the malicious code.

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Michael Rowles

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